Showing posts with label hospital-acquired infections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospital-acquired infections. Show all posts
Friday, August 14, 2015

NY Nurses Help Hospitals Realize Better Outcomes, Lower Health Care Costs Through AACN CSI Program

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Small teams of nurses at seven New York hospitals have improved patient care and saved their hospitals millions of dollars by participating ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

CLASBIs Rates Improved When Hospitals Implement Airline Industry Approach

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Hospitals around the country are reducing central line associated bacterial infections (CLASBIs) by taking a “plane crash” instead of a “car...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Study Finds Patients Admitted to Hospitals on Weekends are at Greater Risk for “Never Events”

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Falls and infections are more common among patients admitted to hospitals on weekends, according to a new study conducted by researchers at ...
Friday, April 17, 2015

AACN Academy Shows Value of Investing in Nurse Leadership Development

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After participating in a 16-month leadership and innovation training program, nurses at 42 hospitals nationwide went on to direct quality i...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

New Study Finds Benefits to Increasing Nurse-Physician Collaboration

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Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) decreased when collaboration between nurses and physicians working in critical care increased, accor...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Nurse Team Reduces CAUTI Infections Through EHR Tool

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A nurse-led initiative at a Missouri hospital used Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to reduce the number of catheter-associated urinary trac...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections among Elderly ICU Patients Reduces Death Risk, Saves Money

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Elderly patients who develop hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) while in intensive care units (ICU) are approximately 35 percent more likel...
Friday, July 25, 2014

New Guidance Shows Importance of Evidenced-Based Best Practices in Hygiene

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A new guidance published in the August issue of  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology   emphasizes the importance of proper hand hygi...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Study Finds Weekly Emails Can Empower Nurse Leaders to Help Curb Hospital Acquired Infections

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Incorporating hospital leaders into weekly email reports empowered nurses to better fight infections at Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in ...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Rates of Infections, Falls, Pressure Ulcers, Other Hospital Acquired Conditions Drop

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Hospitals saw a nine percent decrease in harms experienced by patients from 2010 to 2012, according to a new report from the U.S. Health and...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Infections Drop by nearly 20 Percent with Reduced Blood Transfusions

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Reducing the amount of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions performed in hospitals can also reduce infection rates, according to a new study pu...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

One in Five Health Care Facilities Falling Short on Hand Sanitizer

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This post first appeared on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Blog . In a time of progress against hospital-acqui...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Interdisciplinary Team Approach Needed to Battle HAIs Effectively

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Nurse-led, interdisciplinary team-based approaches are needed to effectively prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), according to a ne...